Pentesting News: 2025 Ransomware & Zombie Vuln Trends

Pentesting News has highlighted key takeaways from Talos’s ‘Talos Takes’ episode focusing on 2025 ransomware and vulnerability trends. The discussion, featuring Amy Ciminnisi and Pierre Cadieux, delves into the persistent ransomware threats that continued to plague the manufacturing sector throughout the year. Furthermore, it sheds light on the growing adoption of ‘living-off-the-land’ tactics by threat actors, a stealthy approach that makes detection significantly more challenging.

The analysis from Pentesting News points out a critical shift: attackers are increasingly focusing their efforts on management infrastructure. This trend raises important questions about distinguishing legitimate system administrators from malicious threat actors, a task that requires sophisticated detection capabilities. The insights aim to help organizations move beyond reactive threat mitigation towards a more proactive and resilient security posture for the future.